to work.
But women are still ofnowadays, bull s just not LIuC Take for example the presses and their pe bosses and their government have to fight harder dirtier soueeze me ast drop of profits from working people.
Forward Every step forward for women decreases their chances of exploitation. That's why the Tories are desperate tò reverse the ne women 0æve made While full political, socia women certainly haven't been meekly асcepting their lot in life. Quite the opposite.
They are leading many campaigns and struggles in the unions and the Labour Party against the cuts and supporting disarmament.
The „tOT contraception and ade•udle cnnucare. as weld. against sexism and sexual harassment. nas been initiated and led by women.
The fight for uberation is tar trom over and the result of the election will have important effects on the outcome. So what do the major parties have to say about women's. rights?
THIS beautiful mural in West Belfast's Iveagh from Palestine, Africa and Ireland. (An Phoblacht) women. We're just one big women. happy family In their strivings to pre sent themselves as government for a classless society, the Alliance have managed to ignore the differences of class and sex that do exist. For women, their manifesto has nothing to offer that you couldn't get from an offduty social worker Unlike the other two manifestos, The Challenge of Our Times, the offering of the Conservatives, reeks WILl smugness authority. The word freedom' so many times you almost begin believing it!
The 'family' gets mention wen. along with that old favourite, the 'individual'.
But whose freedom and which families and individuals they about? Certainly not yours or mine. Although there is lengthy. section animal rights, rights don't merit a menWe're given the freedom to choose to have children whether we want them or not, because there aren't adequate abortion facilities; to look after glasses at me," said Mr Morgan, Appleyard director of antertainments "Fortunately one of the strippers who were also appearing slipped fell on her back and this helped to break the ice.
What a piece of luck! (Douglas Bailey) Women played leading role in the fight against cuts them at home due to lack of nurseries maybe up until the age of thirty when they eventually find work!
On top of this is the glorious freedom of low pay, weakening of union legal protection and ine chance to see, hree, ine first nuclear holocaust in your own back yara.
With a sigh of relief, but not euphoria, looking at Labour's manifesto The Ivew nope yor bruain, a least you get the feeling It stands way above the other outlining measures government take 'achieve equality between women and men'.
Top of the list of proposals are positive action equal pay work of equal I value and strengthening the Sex on agenda the Lestors employment rights, benefits social vices.
There are many other 'We will take DI ullisco steps to end discrimination; give more support to VICs rape; In Crease the maternity grant to at least t100: end VA. sanitary protection' and so While manifesto is the best of the bunch, it's nearly Asian women on the picket line in the NHS dispute last year Photo: JOHN radical or bold enough to make a serious bid for the liberation of women.
In parucular unle sec tion on abortion is a scandal. It refers to defending 'the existing right of choice for under the 1967 Act. Nowhere is party policy of free abor. tion on request put for. ward. Nor does it unambiguously campaign for a woman's right to work Women should join with the labour movement other Oppressed ple like youth and blacks campaigning Labour victory. But equal ly they should continue to organise themselves DOIn within without the Labour Party to fight for their liberation.
Photo: PETE GRANT
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district is entitled 'Solidarity between women in armed struggle'. It shows women freedom fighters